03. Exemptions. (a) No firearm originally distributed to a law enforcement agency or a law enforcement officer shall provide the basis for liability under this unit. (b) No action may be brought pursuant to this unit by a person who can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence to have committed a self-inflicted injury or by a person injured by a firearm while committing a crime, attempting to commit a crime, engaged in criminal activity, or engaged in a delinquent act. (c) No action may be brought pursuant to this unit by a person who can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence to be engaged in the sale or distribution of illegal narcotics. (d) No action may be brought pursuant to this unit by a person who either: (1) assumed the risk of the injury that occurred; or (2) negligently contributed to the injury that occurred. (June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-115, § 4, 39 DCR 3182.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-2383. Editor's Notes Application of Law 9-115: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-2531.01.
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